Wednesday, 8 June 2011

FREE ONLINE WORK

If you have been looking for online work for some time now, you will almost by now have come to the conclusion that there is no such thing as free online work. The most common issue with most free offers is that it is never free. There is always a string attached. So when it comes to the issue of free online work, one is made to believe that such a phrase does not really exist when it comes to working online. Even freelance sites have a way of getting a fee from all their subscribers. Such that even though it is possible not to invest anything when you join them, you may still be charged a fee for their services. But it should be said that the fee charged by freelance sites is much understandable than those of free online work scams.

There are several online work opportunities that present themselves as free but here are some few things that I have discovered about them.

  1. Most free online work opportunities do not offer reasonable services, work or job. Most of the free online work sites offer little or nothing. Their services may as well be a way of wasting your time. They attract you by the word ‘free’ and then they get you browsing through their site over and over again with nothing to show for it. They really have little or nothing to offer. They are at best, time wasters and at worst, scams. And if you are serious about making money through online work you should not spend too much time with these sites that advertise themselves as being free.
  2. There are a lot of sites that say they are free. But don’t get excited when you see them because I will tell you what they mean. By free, they are actually referring to what they offer you after you have registered with them. But before you get access to this their free services you must undergo their registration process. And part of the process that is involved with the registration is that you will need to pay a membership fee. The fee may be monthly, yearly, or a onetime fee depending on the offer. These sites cannot be totally regarded as free. And some scams lie about what they offer because you may still need to pay to use their services. This means that you may still have to pay money to other sites after you have paid to register with them. This is of course contrary to their promise that everything is free once you register. Unfortunately, there is no form of guarantee before you register. This is why you may be scammed.
  3. Some of the free online work sites only offer freebies. And the problem with some of these freebies is that they may be things that you don’t need or things that you don’t want. But before you registered with them for free, they took your email and they promised you that you will earn cash. This may not be a scam since you may not have lost cash. But they lied to you and they may have scammed you of your valuable time. Not to mention a lot of scam mails that they will be sending to your box because you gave them your email address. And trust me when I say that this could be very annoying.
So when it comes to free online work, my best bet will still be freelance sites. The reason for this is that you can join them for free. And you only pay a membership fee when you choose to upgrade to their paid membership. The advantages of this upgrade may depend on the freelance site. After you have registered for free, you will only be charged a percentage of what you stand to gain from the job you won with their site. The advantage of this is that you are going to make money without any real investment. Also, you can even use what you earned to upgrade to their paid membership. This means that you really stand to lose nothing when it comes to freelance sites. So while this is not entirely free it is still my best option when you talk about free online work.

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